Any stores around here putting up decorations yet?

[Andybev01]

Is Michael's really putting Halloween stuff out on the shelves next month? Yeah!!!!!! I can't wait. Witchy

Sort of.

I went to get some 4th of July stuff but over in floral there were a lot of Fall picks...and some fake crows & some Autumn doo-dads.

I bought more Fall stuff than 4th that day

[Athenagwis]

Yeah Michael’s only has fall stuff so far, though I did buy that fake owl, just so I could officially say I bought my first Halloween decoration. LOL I think they should have more stuff out including the Lemax houses in about 2 weeks. I peeked at the new Lemax houses online and they look AWESOME this year. Can’t wait to see them all. Though sadly I don’t have room to display many houses, so I can’t buy many. But I always buy at least one, and I just rotate which ones get put out each year depending on the scene I want to make.

But I am over the border in NH and I haven’t seen anything else yet.

Rachel

[Andybev01]

It's about a week early but the Lemax display is up and screaming at the Mountain View, Ca. Michaels!!!

[OctoberChill]

No Lemax at the Michael's here. I asked when they'd be out and the clerk said late July maybe....but she didn't sound so sure.

So for now I'm all about Garden Ridge. I saw the post about TJ Maxx so I'm gonna check there as well. GR and TJ just happen to be right next to eachother. I'll snap some pics of some of the items when I go.

[Rising Dead Man]

I just went to Walgreens and all they had were Halloween cards, candy and an empty aisle. You know those hooks they hang products on? The ones that have the tags with the names and prices on them? I read the tags on them and they said stuff like 'Halloween Feather Mask' and 'Jason Mask with Machete'. So they will be putting them up soon! And I was just about to walk out of the store when I saw a bunch of gravestones!! Big ones!! New for this year!! I never noticed them when I walked into the store. So all they have is candy, cards and gravestones.

[Rising Dead Man]

I went to Ocean State Job Lot in Walpole NH hoping to see Halloween items. I was sure they would not have anything up until later this month. But when I went in there they already had a bunch of stuff up! I bought some spider webs and a black light. Well, I did not buy it, dad did. I tried out the spider webs and they look pretty good! I gotta start earning my own money. My parents do not have a lot.

[DemonSlayerMau]

Dollar Tree had their stuff out almost a month now...(They have Christmas stuff out already too O_o; ) Dollar General has Halloween and Harvest Decor...Wegmans has some stuff out...Wal-mart's just getting started...they had their candy out first...Rite Aide's been right on the ball...and Family Dollar has halloween stuff out...
I wonder if Burger King and Mcdonalds will have Halloween toys...I remember when I was a kid Mcdonalds would come with a plastic pumpkin or ghost with the food inside. The Halloween pail was the toy. XD; I tell you what they had the best toys when I was a kid...of course...Mcdonalds didn't have the little hand held video games back then either...

[SpookShowBaby]

Michaels has had stuff up since before the 4th of July, they have more now. JoAnn has fabric and some Halloween stuff, more of it is autumn related. Target has a lot, mostly candy and then some decor and costumes. The Halloween Superstores are already open around the city though. YAY!

[jadewik]

I've been ALL over today... found some great stuff here and there... spent far more than I ought to have spent.

Got these today at "Spirit", one of the seasonal stores around here (same stuff, 2 views)... and the nail polish I got at Party City, who has half their stock out:



Party City:



CostCo had Play D'oh again. I bought 3 of these (bought 3 last year, but there were 30 more per bag... course it was $12 instead of $10... but I STILL have leftovers):


I also made my yearly adventure into WalMart, where we found these items (I wasn't too impressed with their selection) plus some black taper candles:

[Rising Dead Man]

Nice stuff!! Walmart wasn't that good? I usually like Walmarts stuff. But I'm going to the closest one near me today to see if they have anything yet

[jadewik]

I'm not a big fan of WalMart... sometimes I'll find a gem or two there... but I wasn't terribly impressed this year.

[Rising Dead Man]

I came back from Walmart a few hours ago. I like their stuff! I got a gravestone with a skull and crossbones, a strobe light and creepy cloth.

[Pumpkin_Man]

I don't know about Vermont or surrounding vicinity, but here in Dwight illinois my local drug store started selling Halloween merchandise at the end of August.

Mike

[Morticia]

Can I ask what the plastic tubing is for?

[jadewik]

Can I ask what the plastic tubing is for?

Don't know exactly if I'll use it or how much I'll use... but I did want to use some of it to connect to my IV bag. I'm trying to think of a way to do an IV drip, "transfusion" or something, but nothing has struck me yet. The rest of it would be for bubbles-- my husband's fishies died a year ago and he has an air pump just sitting around. I may as well use it to blow air bubbles into mad-scientisty tubes of goo or something...